Improvement in pruning-knife



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Leners Parmi N 92,100, dazed-June 29, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN PRUNING-KNIFE.'

Thexschedu'le referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame. v

To all whom 'it may concern.-

a pruningkniie with a bar or 4link, constructed substantially is themanner hereinafter set frth.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionlappertains, tomake and use the'same, I will now describe its construction andoperation.

In the accompanying drawings- A A' represent twov metal hars, providedat their lower ends with handles, B B, and at their upper ends withcurved knives, as seen at a. a.

It will be seen that the curve on A is sharpened on' its outer surface,while the curve o'n A is sharpened on its inner surface, the object ofwhich will be hereinafter fully described.

The bar A is formed with a slot, vb, near the curve a. Through this slot'is passed the 'rivet' c, which is secured 'to bar A.

D is a metal bar,`formed at one end with a knife, as seen at d.

Y This bar is pivoted at its upper end to the bar A, and its lower endto the bar A.

By this arrangement the bar A is made to have a downward cut. i

I do not, however,rclaim this feature as new, as the same thing has beendone before.

.Havingthus described my invention,

What I clailnvas new, and desire to secure by Lat- V ters Patent, is-

lThe link D, formed at its upper end withla knife or hook, d, in.combination with the shank A, and arranged to operate as and for thepurpose set forth. Y 1n testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own,

I affix my signature, in presence 0f two witnesses.

WILLIAMl RICHARD.

Witnesses:

J As. ZEPERNICK, EMANUEL BoUGH.

